Chapter Thirty-Three The Fourth Clan
After hearing Louis's order, Liu Yu and others rushed to clean up the battlefield. Marlan and Galin indeed encountered many ghouls who escaped from other cave entrances on the ground. Two of the Dou Wang took action, and none of these ghouls escaped, all were captured. In addition to the ghouls captured in the cave by Meng's team, this battle resulted in the capture of over 1,500 ghouls, more than the number of people in their military group.
At the same time, more than a dozen warriors were killed in this battle, and 200 warriors were injured. If it weren't for the fact that there were many powerful warriors on the side of the Beamon army who could eliminate the strong cannibal demons that threatened the lives of ordinary Beamon warriors, their casualties might have been even greater.
And they also killed more than a thousand cannibal demons. Overall, it's still a considerable victory. Louis told the entire legion that after returning, he would report all their merits in this battle to His Majesty, and everyone in Bimon would be rewarded according to the merits of the Eastern Front.
Liu Yu and his men herded all the captives to the center of the large square inside the cave, then divided these cannibal demons into several small groups, most of which were surrounded by Mongol warriors. The other four Dou Wangs in the team were not seriously injured but could no longer participate in commanding these actions, so the remaining two Dou Wangs, Ma Lan and Jia Lin, personally guarded them on the side, ready to suppress any resistance at any time.
Ptolemy and Louis, the two dueling kings, lived in separate caves, with special warriors assigned to care for Ptolemy.
Liu Yu knew that the Mongols had a habit of taking these barbarian prisoners to the earth castle as slaves, and these cannibal demons were relatively strong in doing hard labor, which should be more capable than the mouse people and ant people.
Just as Liu Yu had finally finished dealing with the captives and was about to rest, he discovered that dozens of soldiers were using a huge makeshift stretcher to carry the captive Food Emperor, escorting the lead Food Magician towards the center of the square where the other captive Food Emperors were being held.
Looking at these warriors with a menacing aura, Liu Yu had a bad feeling in his heart. Without hesitation, he ran over.
"What are you going to do?" Liu Yu asked the last soldier in the squad.
"His Lordship has ordered the execution of these two cannibal leaders to avenge the wounded and fallen soldiers, and to intimidate these prisoners." The soldiers referred to Louis as "His Lordship", although he was only a lieutenant, his formal title being Commander of the King's Bodyguards.
"Hmm" Although he had already guessed seven or eight parts, Liu Yu was still shocked. He had just had an idea about the man-eating demon in his heart.
"Halt! Do not kill those two first." Liu Yu quickly ran a couple of steps forward and loudly stopped the troops.
"Please step aside, the Grand General's military order has been issued and no one can stop it." The ones executing Louis' commands were all warriors from his guard squad, they naturally all recognized Liu Yu as the eldest grandson of King Kroe.
Although in the military camp, only the size of the official position is emphasized, and not the origin, those who have served King Kuro for many years also know that any habit is not absolute, so they cannot help but reserve themselves when acting.
"It's all right, wait for a moment, I'll go ask the commander to cancel the order." Liu Yu took out the token of the prince of the earth fire castle to command these guards, rather than asking them as a warrior.
"This lord is unjustly blaming us, we can't afford to take responsibility." The leading guard still hesitated.
"Let me take the blame for the lord's misdeeds." Liu Yu replied coldly, knowing that only he could intimidate this group of guards.
"Alright, let's spare these two cannibals for now." Louis said as he walked over with Marlan from a distance.
"Under orders" Seeing Louis arrive, these guards were no longer worried and immediately took the two man-eating demons to rest on one side.
Liu Yu looked at Ma Lan with gratitude, earlier Ma Lan was still watching the captives on the square, but after Liu Yu blocked the guard team, he found that he walked towards the cave where Louis was, no need to ask Louis was invited by Ma Lan. Ma Lan, on the other hand, had a calm face and ignored Liu Yu's gaze.
"Come with me." With a single order, Liu Yu turned around and headed towards his own cave.
"Tell me your reasons." In a small corner of the cave, the guard lit a fire for Louis and threw in a piece of wood to make it warm. Louis asked faintly.
"Uncle, can these cannibals do better than our camp rats?" Liu Yu asked back without hesitation.
"Hmm, of course better than the mouse people. Oh you little guy wants to use them to help develop the Desa mountain range, this is a good idea that kills two birds with one stone, but what does it have to do with not killing those two cannibals?" Louis guessed some of Liu Yu's thoughts in an instant.
"We don't have anyone who truly understands the language of these cannibal demons, and it's definitely a problem that these barbarians are so ignorant and difficult to control. The fact that these two leaders can firmly control such a large tribe means their intelligence is not lower than ours. As long as we find a way to control them, we can naturally manipulate these cannibal demons to develop the Desa mountain range." Liu Yu said his own reason.
"Hmm, that's a good idea. The kingdom usually sends these barbarians to the mines around the Earthfire Fortress. Since the Desa Mountains are in need of manpower at this time, I'll do as you say. I will go back and report to His Majesty." Louis said with a smile, looking at Liu Yu.
"Thank you, Uncle." Liu Yu bowed and retreated.
"Thanks, you're also thinking of the kingdom, go rest." Louis waved his hand and signaled Liu Yu to leave, but Liu Yu didn't move.
"Uncle, Uncle Ptolemy will be fine in a few days." Louis said to Liu Yu that Ptolemy would recover soon, but he was still skeptical. After Ptolemy's injury, he had carefully observed the severity of his wounds, and if it weren't for his strong physique, he would have died many times over.
Liu Yu also wanted to ask about the origin of the medicine he had, and Louis's expression when he received the medicine was fluctuating, he wondered what good thing his father had given him.
"Ugh, it's all thanks to that bottle of medicine. Let the fatty wake up and tell you himself." Louis had an expression as if he didn't want to explain further, so Liu Yu could only withdraw.
Liu Yu walked out of the cave and saw that the two leaders of the man-eating demons were tightly bound. The Dou Huang was still in a coma, but his wounds had been bandaged. In his last battle with Liu Yu, he had suffered heavy injuries, and even the Meng warriors hadn't given him any medicine. Liu Yu estimated that it would take him a long time to recover, and some of his injuries might be irreparable. This way, it would be much easier to control him in the future.
Just now Liu Yu asked him to leave two heads of man-eating demons in front of Louis, but there was a deeper idea behind it.
This time, the cannibal tribe showed fighting strength beyond Liu Yu's imagination. Before, Liu Yu thought that these guys were just a group of people who could only bully mice and would run away when they saw the Mong Da army, but this time his thinking was completely changed.
A tribe of about three thousand cannibalistic demons, mostly fighters, with over a hundred fifth-rank warriors and nearly twenty sixth-rank warriors. Not to mention the existence of some awkwardly placed fighting kings, emperors, and demon guides. With just these mid-to-low rank fighters, the strength of this nearly three-thousand-strong tribe of cannibalistic demons is considerable. If you were to take out three thousand people from a normal army unit in Fanoed, the chances of the cannibalistic demons winning would be very high, and their innate secret technique, Bloodlust Technique, would be a major advantage.
In Liu Yu's cognition, there are many methods on the mainland that can temporarily increase the strength of practitioners, but generally, the more enhanced, the greater the harm, and most cannot be used in a large area. Those with few aftereffects include the Viking Empire's Berserker technique in the northeast of the mainland, the Druids' Frenzy technique from the Elf Empire, and the Bloodlust technique of the Mongoloid tribe trapped on the highlands. Today, those cannibalistic mages have proven to Liu Yu that the Bloodlust technique can be used in a large area, which adds to the combat effectiveness of the Mongoloids.
On the other hand, in the real war between the Beastman Kingdom and the Fandor Empire, the armies of the three tribes of Bimon, Wolfmen, and Centaurs had to face not only the far more numerous Fandor direct military units but also the Fandor Empire's trump card, the "Imperial Guard".
The Fano Empire was able to defeat the brave beastman army on the battlefield many times, using the combination of the Imperial Guard and the Direct Legions, two forces with high and low combat power. It was like this a thousand years ago, and it was also like this a hundred years ago.
So the three tribes of Femi, Mong and others need a tribe to share their pressure on the battlefield, help them deal with the direct troops of Fanord, so that they can focus on dealing with the Imperial Guard. The vassal tribes in the kingdom, such as the ant people and mouse people, are basically not suitable for the battlefield, and the beast tribes led by the tiger and lion tribes thousands of miles apart from north to south are even more hopeless.
Today, the unusual fighting strength of the cannibal tribe has inspired an idea in Liu Yu's heart: to subdue the cannibals and make them the fourth powerful race in the kingdom, helping the other three tribes.